St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-02
McGARIGLE's ESCAPE.
low it Was ETected--Action by
Chicago Officials.

CHICAGO, Aug. IA dispatch from
Port Huron, Mich. gives an account of
McGarigle's landing i'll Canada. 1t ap-
pears that when the tug Orient APP
preached the schooner Blake, which
was last in tow of four vessels, the
schooner Marsh, next ahead, dropped
the tow line and the Blake dropped
RAPIDLY astern. Her captain rushed
forward. together with his crew, and
raised 4 tremendous row for couple
of minutes. keeping the attention of
those on board the tug. Meanwhile
McCfarigle. who had been transferred to
the Marsh in the straits. as reported
some time ago. was bundled into yawl
and being Sculled ashore. When the Of
ficers on the tug discovered the ruse
every effort was made to catch the yawl,
but it got into ShOal water safely before
they could reach it. McGarigle jumped
ashore and ran rapidly up the street.
while the crews of the SchoOnerS jeered
at the men Oh the tug. 4 reporter for
Chicago paper then went aboard the
steamer Marsh, whose captain (Freer)
told
THE FOLLOWING STORY:
While we were loading a cargo Of cedar in
the straits tug came alongside and wanted
10 know if l had seen anything of the Blake.
said had not and he then told me that
they were detectives and that they believed
that McGariglc was aboard the Blake Well,
! live III Chicago and of course know McGar-
igle by reputation, although l had never
seen him but once. l told the men that he
would probably come along in Il day or two
and then extended them the hospitality of
my vessel. The entire crowd came
aboard went down into the cabin
and / opened a bottle of my best cherry
brandy. While they were drinking / Slipped
L s1ol-a
ing along down the straits before fine breeze
of wind Well, don't believe in harboring
criminals or anything of that kind, but upon
the impulse of the moment l thought that
there was a fellow being, with a wife
and several children, who was sorry
for what wrong he had done, and
was trying to keep ont of the peniten-
tiary / hardly know what made me do 1t,
but l slipped back into the cabin, and with
out SAYING anything about the approaching
vessel got out some more bottles. The de-
tectives relished the stuff, and they had a
rolfcking. jovial time of II. When they came
OH deck don't believe any one of them could
have told a fishing smack from a steamboat,
but by this time the Blake was
OUT OF SIGHT.
Well, ! finished loading and started down
for Buffalo. About 10 O'Clock Saturday
night ! overhauled the Blake ON Lake Huron,
and told them the officers were laying for
her. A few minutes later the Blake headed
into me and stove i'll the starboard quarter of
aboard and the vessels drifted apart. / rec
ognized him as McGarigle, and with tears
Streaming down his face he begged me to
pvt him ashore. l told him would, and did.
] sever in my life saw such pathetic suffer
ing was stamped on his face. When
yO IT tug came alongside he was in the cabin
shaking like a man with the palsy. He
thought the tug had been sent out to capture
hin> but If il had been successful l don't
think he would have been taken alive. Not
that he would show any resistance, but am
pretty shure he would have jumped over
board and drowned himself before he would
have gone back To prison When | lowered
the boat and told him were ready, he seemed
paralyxed and could hardly move. jumped
down into the cabin and helped him on deck
End steadied him until he got into the boat.
While Capt. Freer was telling this
story tl>e tow had rounded to, and when
this poiQt was reached was picking up
the Blake. which had come down the
river under sail. AS she came alongside
of the Marsh, the reporter jumped aboard
of her and asked the captain TO give
some account of low lie came to enter
the coilspixacy to run McGarigie into